California · Private foundation
The Cameron Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $25k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $9,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $850k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The Cameron Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $450 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $25k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $27k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $33k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $32k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $32k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $32k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $38k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $41k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wide Open Walls | $41,960 | 4 | 3% |
| West Sacramento Swim Team Inc | $15,750 | 2 | 23% |
| Northern California Peace Officers Association Sch | $14,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Friends of Felines Rescue | $14,250 | 2 | 19% |
| The Chester Foundation | $12,500 | 3 | 9% |
| West Sacramento Police Officers Association | $12,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Georgetown Divide Rotary Foundation | $9,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Sacramento Loaves & Fishes | $8,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Heavenly Boosters - DHSCMS | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wide Open Walls | $41,960 | 4 | 3% |
| West Sacramento Swim Team Inc | $15,750 | 2 | 23% |
| Northern California Peace Officers Association Sch | $14,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Friends of Felines Rescue | $14,250 | 2 | 19% |
| The Chester Foundation | $12,500 | 3 | 9% |
| West Sacramento Police Officers Association | $12,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Georgetown Divide Rotary Foundation | $9,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Sacramento Loaves & Fishes | $8,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Heavenly Boosters - DHSCMS | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Placer 10-35 Foundation | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgetown Divide Rotary Club | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Sacramento Area Fire Fighters Benevolent Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Purebreds Plus Cat Rescue Inc | $900 | 1 | 1% |
| Chicks in Crisis Inc | $450 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($111k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cameron Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Cameron Foundation
- How much does The Cameron Foundation give?
- The Cameron Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $25,450 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Cameron Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (34%), Recreation & Sports (18%), Arts & Culture (17%).
- Who are The Cameron Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wide Open Walls ($42k), West Sacramento Swim Team Inc ($16k), Northern California Peace Officers Association Sch ($15k).
- Does The Cameron Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cameron Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Cameron Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sacramento Region Community Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Cameron Foundation based?
- The Cameron Foundation is based in CA.
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